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What? That is just clearly untrue, even though I agree it ought to be the law. DMCA 1201 made no exemptions to circumvention of technical protection measures (f
by bfdm 4y ago
What? That is just clearly untrue, even though I agree it ought to be the law. DMCA 1201 made no exemptions to circumvention of technical protection measures (for research, interoperability, fair use etc). Assuming any kind of security measure was employed here the interpretations of violating that have been quite broad.
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- sjtgraham 4y agoReverse engineering does not necessarily imply circumvention of technical countermeasures, e.g. removal of DRM. Reverse engineering would also be a copyright infringement issue, which does have a carve out for reverse engineering.